Skilling Faces New Enron Allegation

In its effort to convict Jeffrey Skilling of multiple crimes at Enron Corp., the government is trying to trundle out a new witness against the former company president: himself.

In a court filing in Houston yesterday, federal prosecutors said Mr. Skilling attempted "to deceive" the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Dec. 6, 2001, deposition about his reasons for selling 500,000 Enron shares on Sept. 17 of that year.